Registered Nurse Class B (RNCB)

DEPARTMENT: Health and Community Services

BARGAINING UNIT: NBNU

JOB TYPE: Permanent full-time

SCHEDULE: Day, 8 and 12-hour shifts. Work schedule may be changed to meet operational needs.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: Bilingual essential

NOTE: Applicants must attach a resume to their application.

JOB SUMMARY:

Reporting to primary health care, the Nurse Coordinator of Primary Health Care Services Management delivers a person-centred, interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration process designed to provide safe and high-quality health services tailored to a population with complex needs and strives to promote effective and efficient resource utilization.

The Nurse Coordinator of Services Management supports vulnerable populations, including heavy users of emergency and/or hospitalization services, vulnerable older persons, and persons with complex health needs in achieving their personal recovery objectives by helping them build ties to the community, promoting their maximum autonomy, helping them acquire the resources and the life and coping skills they need, and providing ongoing support. The Nurse Coordinator of Services Management collaborates with physicians' offices and all other primary care points of service as well as with emergency room and intrahospital staff to identify and manage potential clients by keeping them in the home with health and support services and other individualized support.

As part of an interdisciplinary, cross-sector team, the Nurse Coordinator of Services Management ensures assessment, screening, access, planning, coordination, navigation, and support to and with appropriate services in the region served.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing;
• Registered with the College of Nursing of New Brunswick;
• Minimum of five years' experience in a clinical setting;
• Minimum of two years' clinical experience in case management or clinical coordination;
• Clinical experience with a vulnerable and/or complex needs population;
• Professional experience in primary health care considered an asset;
• Knowledge of the health services provided in the health networks and the community;
• Experience in project management or coordination;
• Good knowledge of services and resources for chronic diseases and conditions, of health networks and of community and provincial services and programs;
• Superior skills with the tools in the Microsoft™ Suite (MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.);
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
• Physical ability to perform assigned work;
• Good work history (performance and attendance);
• Adherence to professional ethics principles, the Network's management philosophy and organizational values;
• Adherence to Vitalité Health Network's confidentiality rules.
  
• The above requirements may be verified through oral, written or practical tests during the selection process.
• Should there be no fully qualified applicants, this position will not necessarily be reposted. If you wish to be considered for this position and meet most of the requirements, you are encouraged to apply at this time.
• The employer reserves the right to shorten or extend temporary assignments for operational reasons.
• We thank all applicants. However, only those selected will be contacted.